Where does “näppärä” come from?

näppärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

näppärä (Finnish): dexterous; nifty

Definitions

  1. dexterous; nifty

Ancestry of “näppärä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
2Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
3Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

Words derived from “näppärä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ra →